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Power outages hit southeastern Wisconsin after overnight storms
MILWAUKEE — Severe thunderstorms swept through southeastern Wisconsin overnight, leaving thousands without power. The storms, which triggered watches and warnings throughout the night, brought strong wind gusts, hail and lightning. As of 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, We Energies reported over 10,000 customers were experiencing power outages. While not all outages...
Union Grove apartment fire, sleeping resident evacuated
UNION GROVE, Wis. - Firefighters and Racine County sheriff's deputies helped rescue one person from a Union Grove apartment fire on Friday, June 21. It happened near Main Street and 18th Avenue around 6:30 a.m. Two deputies were the first to arrive at the scene and saw smoke billowing out of a second-story window.
WEC staff finds Vos recall organizers submitted enough signatures, but legal questions remain
In a memo, staff for the Wisconsin Elections Commission found that groups attempting to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos have gathered enough signatures to force a recall election in the 63rd District — the seat Vos was elected to in 2022. However, because the map under which the 63rd District was created has been declared […] The post WEC staff finds Vos recall organizers submitted enough signatures, but legal questions remain appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
Deputies in Wisconsin use Fire Suppression Tool V4 to help control burning apartment
UNION GROVE, Wis. (WFRV) – Authorities in southeastern Wisconsin released bodycam footage of deputies responding to a fire at an apartment complex on Friday morning. According to a release, the Racine County Sheriff’s Office was sent to the Carriage Hills Apartments, located on the 800 block of 18th Avenue in the village of Union Grove, for a possible fire in one of the units.
Tuesday morning thunderstorms pass through Milwaukee, southeastern Wisconsin
Another round of thunderstorms is expected to hit southern Wisconsin in the early morning hours of Tuesday, with strong damaging winds the main concern, according to the latest National Weather Service forecast. Most of southeastern Wisconsin was under a severe thunderstorm watch or a warning on Tuesday morning as the storms moved...
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